If an application for asylum is rejected the person must be given the reasons in writing within 5 days of the refusal. If asylum is refused on grounds that the application is ‘manifestly unfounded, fraudulent or abusive’, the Standing Committee for Refugees will review the decision to refuse asylum. Such a case does not go to the Appeal Board.

An asylum seeker can lodge an appeal with the Appeal Board once he or she has been told that the application has been refused. The applicant must be allowed to bring a legal representative to the Appeal Board hearing if he or she requests this.